A further 1,335 coronavirus cases have been confirmed this evening.
Meanwhile sadly another 54 Covid-19 related deaths have been announced. 50 of those occurred in January.
The figures were confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team this afternoon.
It comes as Ireland yesterday reached the grim milestone of over 3,000 Covid-19 deaths.
It was also confirmed this week that Ireland's Covid-19 lockdown would be extended until March 5 in a bid to further curb the spread of the virus.
Speaking today Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said that any reopening that does eventually occur would be slow and conservative.
He told Bryan Dobson on RTE Radio One that there is unlikely to be a move to Level Three of the Living with Covid roadmap on March 5, and any lifting of restrictions would be very gradual.
He explained: "What happens between now and March 5 if things go to plan is that we get case numbers down very low, that we allow our hospitals and ICUs recover.
"We see the number of patients in hospitals falling but ICUs are going to be under pressure for a long time.
"It will enable us to reopen education in a phased way over the next five weeks which is what we want to do, and also to get the vaccine out to more people.
"What I anticipate is when it comes to March 5 if we have cases low, if we have ICUs under a lot less pressure, is that we will be able to ease some restrictions.
"But it will be a very gradual easing of restrictions more like what you saw under the first wave, rather than a jump from Level Five to Three, which is what we did in December."
