There have been 63 more Covid-related deaths reported by the Department of Health. Five of the deaths occured in November, and one in December, with the remainder this month.
The Department has also been notified of 3,569 new cases of Covid-19. There have now been a total of 2,460 Covid-related deaths in Ireland, and 159,144 confirmed cases.
133 people with the virus have been hospitalised in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of patients in hospital to 1,770.
The number of people in intensive care stands at 172, up 14 from yesterday. Latest coronavirus stories Meanwhile, health workers who are deemed close contacts of a positive Covid-19 case but who have received a negative test have been called back to work in the health service.