Health experts are hoping Ireland cases will soon decrease although it isn't expected until sometime next month when a real change is reported in daily cases.
Politicians and NPHET members have been briefing the public in recent days on the latest news and the lockdown aims.
Here's all the very latest Covid-19 news today;
Number of people in hospital down
The number of people being treated for Covid-19 in hospital has gone down, as the HSE chief offers a ray of hope in the fight against the virus.
Latest figures from public health officials show there are 295 patients in hospital with Covid-19, of which 37 are in intensive care.
The figures, from yesterday on Sunday morning, represent a drop from 312 on Saturday.
And according to the latest figures from the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 369 people were hospitalised with Covid between October 10th and October 23.
Tanaiste Varadkar confident that businesses will be back after six weeks
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is confident that businesses will be able to reopen after six weeks of Level 5 restrictions.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, he said: "I am confident we will get back to Level 3 and a bit in December, but at the same time we need to not be complacent,"
Leo added that the Level 3 measures that were put in place in October were starting to take effect.
He believes that the effect of Level 5 would not be known for a bit longer yet.
Irish people could start getting coronavirus jabs in the first few months of next year
Taniate Leo Varadkar believes Irish people could start getting coronavirus jabs in the first few months of next year.
It comes as pharmaceutical giant Pfizer predicts 100 million doses of the vaccine will be ready by the end of this year.
