A further 1,163 cases have been confirmed in Ireland in the last 24 hours.
There are now 297 people in hospital with 61 in ICU.
It comes as the HSE confirmed a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for those who are immunocompromised will begin to be given out from next week.
People will begin to be notified of their appointments from Wednesday, September 29.
From there, the administration of the third dose of the vaccine will begin on Friday, October 1.
HSE CEO, Paul Reid, explained the process on RTE's Morning Ireland radio show, saying that the risk would be determined by a number of clinical teams.
"It will be a period of five to six weeks to complete this programme," he said.
Mr Reid noted that the programme would not be easy.
"It does address people who are highly immunocompromised, organ recipients, renal patients, certain cancer patients and certain people on certain medications," he added.
