There have been 1,453 further cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland today by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).
The Department of Health says there are now 300 people in hospital, with 60 of those in ICU.
The figures are similar to Tuesday's hospital numbers when 300 patients were being treated for the virus, of which 63 were in ICU.
Health officials also confirmed there has been a total of 5,249 deaths related to Covid-19 notified in Ireland to date.
This includes 40 newly notified deaths since last Wednesday.
It comes as new data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show the counties recording the highest incidence rates of coronavirus.
In the week from September 19 to September 25, Carlow had the highest 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 of the population at 328.5.
Donegal had an incidence rate of 321. Making up the rest of the top five worst-hit areas were Monaghan (285.1), Louth (280.9) and Longford (254.4).
These were followed by Cavan (253.4), Mayo (239.1), Dublin (236.5), Kildare (220) Leitrim (218.4) and Limerick (204.7).
The rest of the counties in Ireland all registered a 14-day incidence rate under 200, including two with rates below 100.
Laois' rate was 191.3, followed by Westmeath (185.9), Meath (180.5), Waterford (170.4), Galway (150), Sligo (149.5), Roscommon (147.2), Cork (146.4), Kerry (146.2) and Tipperary (145.4).
The five counties coping the best with the virus over the two week period were Wexford (83.5), Wicklow (91.3), Clare (106.9), Kilkenny (134) and Offaly (138.5).
Meanwhile, Ireland's resilience in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic has been deemed the best in the world, according to a new report.
Ireland has topped Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience rankings after a "startling turnaround" since it recorded the world's worst outbreak at the start of 2021.
According to the media outlet: "Ireland used a strategy common across Europe that’s emerging as a global model of success: largely limiting quarantine-free international travel to the immunized helps hold down serious illness and death even as infections spread; allowing some domestic freedoms only for inoculated people drives up the local vaccination rate."
The Covid Resilience Ranking is a monthly snapshot of where the virus is being handled the most effectively across the world’s biggest 53 economies.
It is compiled using 12 data indicators that span virus containment, the quality of healthcare, vaccination coverage, overall mortality and progress toward restarting travel and easing border curbs.
