The Department of Health has confirmed 10,753 PCR-positive cases and 4,208 antigen tests have been logged through the HSE portal.
There has been a slight rise in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospital.
As of 8am, there were 965 patients with the virus in hospital, an increase of 25 on the same time yesterday.
However, the figure is 98 lower than the recent high of 1,063 people last Monday.
The number of people in intensive care units with Covid-19 remains relatively stable today.
As of 11.30am, there were 88 patients with the virus in ICU, down one on the same time yesterday.
Prof Sam McConkey, an Infectious Disease Specialist and Head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at the RCSI University, said they have seen over the last four weeks or so that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 does not cause “as much disease and death” as seen in previous waves of the virus.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor programme, Prof McConkey said they are not seeing Type 1 respiratory failure as much with Omicron cases.
He said there still could be a “bumpy road” ahead and a public health infrastructure that prepares Ireland for future pandemics – including another coronavirus wave – is needed.
He said he hopes that some restrictions, such as the 8pm closure of the hospitality sector, could be lifted in a few months.
“I’m hoping there will be widespread outdoor music festivals in the summer… which obviously a lot of us would look forward to,” Prof McConkey said.
“I think there will be a lot of the things we really value and cherish [returning] back to normal, but still some adaptations,” he added.
