The Department of Health has confirmed 33 further coronavirus-related deaths and 744 new cases.
The number of patients in ICU is up two to 159, with 861 patients in hospital overall.
The department said that 31 of the deaths occurred this month, with two in January.
There have now been 3,980 Covid-related deaths in Ireland, with 211,113 confirmed cases.
Of the cases notified today, 373 are male and 366 are female, with 68% under 45 years of age. The median age is 31 years old.
A regional breakdown of the cases shows that 301 were in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, and 32 in Kildare.
The remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties.
It comes as Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said that Ireland remains on track to have 100-300 cases a day by mid-March, if certain conditions are met.
In a letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly last Thursday 11 February, and published today, Dr Glynn said that Ireland continues to experience a very concerning and fragile epidemiological situation.
The letter says that modelling projects that if the R number is maintained at between 0.5 and 0.9 for the coming weeks, Ireland is on track to have 200-400 cases a day by 1 March.
NPHET has also welcomed news that the National Virus Reference Laboratory at UCD is increasing its ability to conduct whole genome sequencing on samples, and that around 10% of all positive samples have been or are in the process of being sequenced.
This is important for detecting variants of concern.
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Meanwhile, the vaccination programme for patients aged 85 years and older is getting under way in some, but not all, GP practices.
The first doses will take around three weeks to administer to patients.
The number of first doses of Covid-19 vaccinations given increased to 176,926 by last Saturday, according to new HSE figures published today.
There were also 91,625 second doses administered.
It gives a total of 268,551 vaccines given to patients here under the national programme.
Revised Living with Covid plan said to be on course to go before Cabinet next Tuesday. Plan likely to show what level of restriction easing is possible once several cohorts have received a vaccine
— Mícheál Lehane (@MichealLehane) February 16, 2021
On Saturday, 1,142 first doses and 1,445 second doses were administered.
A further nine people have died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland and an additional 341 people tested positive, the Department of Health has said.
A total of 474 people with Covid-19 are being treated in hospital, with 55 of these in intensive care.
Pandemic could add €50 billion to national debt
The Tánaiste said the government cannot withdraw the extra spending to maintain the economy too suddenly
Speaking on RTE's Prime Time, Leo Varadkar said the pandemic could add €50 billion to the national debt but if it keeps the economy going it will be worth it.
He said the best way to reduce the national debt is to get people back to work and people should not be concerned that there will be spending cuts, pay cuts or tax rises over the next few years.
He said the Government wants to avoid house price inflation and see money go instead into the real economy and into retail and hospitality.
He said there is no decision yet on the holding of the Junior Cert exams, but added that Junior Cert exams cannot be held at the same time as Leaving Cert as there will not be the space for both to run at the same time this year.
Additional reporting Fergal Bowers and Paul Cunningham
