The five-day average of daily cases is now 437, compared with 380 a week ago.
This morning s figures put the number of confirmed cases in hospital with Covid-19 at 153.
The number of patients with Covid-19 in intensive care has reduced to 45 today.
The most recent official advice the Government from the National Public Health Emergency Team described the overall situation as fragile, and that any increase in close contacts would represent a significant risk.
Meanwhile, a total of 2,676 people contracted Covid-19 in hospital, new figures from the Health Service Executive have revealed.
The HSE said that there is extensive testing of people on admission to hospital and while in hospital, to help find people with infection as quickly as possible, so that measures can be taken to reduce the risk of spread of infection to others.
Updated: 5 Feb 2021, 1:15
TAOISEACH Micheal Martin has said Ireland will be in a different space by the middle of the year.
The Fianna Fail leader said there is hope for the country as Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out.
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He told RTE s Prime Time: The vaccination programme is rolling out, and it has been effective to date. We’ve achieved our targets in terms of vaccination, that should be acknowledged. We ve basically administered what we have received in. The variant is a problem, and in terms of the variant or the mutation of the virus we have to look differently in terms of how we manage that.