A further 390 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed this evening.
Meanwhile, 11 further Covid-19 related deaths have been confirmed.
Of these deaths, 4 occurred in April, 2 in March, 4 in February and 1 in January.
The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 50-93 years.
Of the cases notified today, 215 are men and 174 are women. 67% are under 45 years of age and the average age is 34-years-old.
In terms of the location of today's new cases, there are 172 in Dublin, 42 in Kildare, 21 in Meath, 20 in Tipperary, 18 in Donegal.
As of 8am today, 179 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations occurred in the past 24 hours.
In terms of vaccinations,, 1,208,459 doses of vaccine have been administered in Ireland. 855,512 people have received their first dose, with 352,947 people receiving their second dose.
Elsewhere, the EMA’s safety committee has recommended adding ‘very rare cases of unusual blood clots with low blood platelets’ to the list of side effects for Janssen vaccine.
President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said: "I welcome the EMA announcement on the safety of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. This is good news for the roll-out of vaccination campaigns across the EU."
Earlier this morning, two of the three major Government leaders discussed the prospect of reopening the country as Cabinet resumed in Dublin Castle this morning.
Both the Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan were speaking to the Irish Mirror on their way into Cabinet.
Both men provided some positive updates as to what we could see from the start of May as well as their hopes for after that.
The Taoiseach said the Government’s “strategy is working” in the battle to get Covid case numbers down sufficiently to allow a greater reopening of society next month.
He stressed that religious services will be near the top of the agenda for reopening next month, alongside some retail, personal services (hairdressers) and more construction.
“In terms of hospitality, it has suffered more than most, over the longest period of this pandemic. But again, we have set out the areas that we will examine for May towards the end of this month, we’ll do that next week," said the Taoiseach.
Meanwhile, Minister Eamon Ryan has said there should be more “social life” outdoors soon, adding to the hopes for outdoor dining returning in May.
“There’s one thing I have a sense of, I was out and about in my own county (Dublin) at the weekend, that outdoor activity is happening at scale.
“It was a lovely weekend, my sense was that everybody was really respectful, they were keeping their distance, it was using our great outdoors in the way that we should and people pretty much adhering to the regulations was my sense, so we shouldn’t give up on that," said Minister Ryan.
