7,411 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours.
It's the highest daily cases number since January.
There is good news on the hospitals front, however, as the number of patients in both ICU and hospitals overall has fallen.
As of 8am on Thursday morning, 390 people are in hospital with the virus, 98 of whom are in the intensive care unit.
The figures come after the Taoiseach revealed that almost half of Ireland's adult population has received a Covid vaccine booster..
Mr Martin said, as of Thursday, 49.9% of the adult population had been boosted, which is 37.4% of the whole population.
"Great work by staff and volunteers in our vaccine centres, GPs and pharmacists," he tweeted.
The Government has taken a number of steps to suppress transmission of the new virus ahead of the predicted January peak in infections.
Since Monday, all restaurants, bars and cafes have had to shut their doors at 8pm.
Indoor events have a limited attendance to 50% of capacity or 1,000 people, whichever is lower.
Outdoor events are also limited to half capacity, to a maximum of 5,000 people.
