A total of 1,703 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Ireland, while 363 patients are being treated in hospital.
52 people are in ICU with Covid-19.
The figures were confirmed by the Department of Health this afternoon.
Meanwhile, WHO have identified a new strain of the virus as a variant of interest.
Mu, or B.1.621, was first identified in Colombia and cases have been recorded in South America and Europe.
The WHO's weekly bulletin on the pandemic said the variant has mutations suggesting it could be more resistant to vaccines - as was the case with Beta.
But this is not conclusive, and scientists said more studies would be needed to examine this further.
It was first identified at the start of the year, and a large number of cases have since been found in Colombia, where it now accounts for 39 per cent of Covid infections.
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