A further 1,914 Covid cases have been confirmed this evening.
A total of 413 patients are currently hospitalised, 73 of whom are in ICU.
On Friday, deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn warned people to remain vigilant as case numbers continue to rise and asked that people remain working from home during autumn and winter where possible.
He said: “Let’s work from home where possible this autumn and winter.
"Unfortunately, over the past ten days, we have seen a deteriorating picture with increasing incidents across most counties across the country, and our national incidences are now about 400 per 100,000 population.
“Unfortunately, we are seeing increased incidences across most age groups, including older age groups, and the median age of cases has increased from the mid-20s to now being 36 years of age.”
Dr Glynn said the increase in the median age of those contracting the virus is having an impact on the health service, with hospital admissions rising on average to between 40 and 50 a day, with admissions to ICU averaging five a day.
Although Ireland's vaccination programme has been largely successful, with over 90% of the population now fully vaccinated, over 370,000 adults have yet to come forward for either their first jab or have not returned to the vaccination clinics to receive their second dose.
Dr Glynn said not getting vaccinated leaved people “as vulnerable to Covid now as they have been at any point in the pandemic to date.”
Urging people to get the vaccine, he said their decision is having “a disproportionate impact on them personally, but it is also impacting disproportionately on admissions to hospital and admissions to intensive care.”
Dr Glynn emphasised that the vaccines are highly effective against hospitalisation from Covid, but if enough disease is circulating in the community, a "proportion of vaccinated people will get sick with Covid" and end up in hospital and intensive care.
He reminded people who are fully vaccinated not to let their guard down and to continue practising regular hand washing, sanitising and not meeting with those who may be symptomatic.
Dr Glynn warned anyone with symptoms of Covid should get tested and isolate.
