A further 2,121 coronavirus cases have today been confirmed.
Meanwhile sadly another 8 Covid-19 related deaths have been announced.
The figures were announced by the National Public Health Emergency Team this afternoon.
Ireland is starting to turn a corner in the reduction of Covid-19 cases following the recent surge.
However experts continue to express concerns about the hospital situation in Ireland as staff are facing mounting pressure in the coming weeks.
Over 2,000 people are now in hospitals across Ireland with Covid-19 it emerged on Monday morning
A total of 2,023 patients are being treated for the deadly virus in the country's hospitals, while 400 are receiving "high grade ventilation".
HSE Chief Paul Reid told the public that their help "counts" as healthcare staff are working to stay in control.
Meanwhile Dr Mary Favier President of the Irish College of General Practitioners and member of NPHET has signalled that the restrictions may need to be extended until as late as May as case numbers are not dropping fast enough.
Speaking to Newstalk she said: "I think we're not doing enough and there's still too much movement.
"Something is happening this year that's different to March, and it's because more people are going to work, more people are seeing that there's some wriggle room.
"And we need to stop that: we need two to three weeks of absolutely staying at home.
"Until we do that, our numbers will decline very, very slowly.
"We're seeing patients who don't want to attend and we have to try and really encourage them, we have to make sure that non-Covid illness is still looked after, and our hospitals need to be protected.
"Otherwise we're going to be in this situation until March, April, May".
