A further 436 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed this evening.
Meanwhile there are currently 101 people in hospital with Covid-19, 39 of which are in ICU.
The figures come as Ireland's vaccine rollout was dealt another blow today when it was revealed that there will be a major shortfall of vaccine deliveries this month.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said that Ireland was unlikely to hit the June vaccine target to have 80% of adults with a single jab and 55% fully vaccinated adults.
It’s likely that 400,000 fewer vaccines will arrive into the country next month.
But this is the “best case scenario” and the delivery could be as little as 60,000, when we were initially due 470,000 doses of the single shot vaccine.
Tanáiste Leo Varadkar said the government has always said the vaccine targets were dependent on supply.
And he added that “we hope to be able to provide revised targets in the announcement on Friday.”
He admitted: “In terms of the targets, as I’ve always said they were always subject to supplies arriving on time and if the supplies do not arrive on time, there is a risk that we will miss those targets and that does not appear to be likely.
“As we’ve always said, the only constraint would be supply [of vaccines] and it’s still [the case] that once vaccines come into the country, 95% of them are in somebody’s arm within a week.
“And the targets that we gave were always caveated on supply and that was very clear from the Taoiseach at the time.
“Where we stand now is over 2.5 million have been administered and by the end of this week, more than half of the adult population in Ireland will have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
“And we expect to open the portal between 40-44 in the coming days.”
