There has been 18,904 new cases of Covid-19.
However, hospitalisation continue to drop with 504 patients now in hospital – down 44 from yesterday.
Of these, 92 people are being treated in ICU, which is unchanged from yesterday.
The new figures come as the rules on close contacts of Covid-19 cases and the requirement to take a PCR test will be relaxed from midnight tonight.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said those who have received a booster will see the greatest change as they will no longer need to restrict their movements if they are a close contact.
He said the Health Service Executive portal for reporting positive antigen tests is expected to go live tomorrow.
Minister Donnelly said the booster campaign is having a fantastic impact on keeping the country safe.
“I was talking to some of our intensive care people this morning. They were reporting that the numbers are still steady. They’re not seeing anything in the pre-intensive care hospital patients or the non-intensive care patients, that would suggest that those numbers are going to start rising quickly in the coming days,” he said.
