It's a new record high.
8,248 new Covid-19 cases have been reported this evening.
A further 20 people have also died from the virus.
The Chief Medical Officer has also confirmed three cases of a new variant, first detected in South Africa, have now been confirmed here.
Anyone who's recently travelled from the country is being advised to self-isolate for 14 days. They should also refer themselves for a test.
He said:
"Three cases of a new variant of COVID-19 recently identified in South Africa have been confirmed in Ireland today by whole genome sequencing."
"All of the cases identified are directly associated with recent travel from South Africa."
Out of the new cases announced today, 3,013 are based in Dublin, 1,374 in Cork, 538 in Limerick, 314 in Kildare and 310 reported in Donegal.
As of 2pm today, 1,180 COVID-19 patients were in hospital. 109 of those were being treated in ICU.
There was also an extra 116 hospitalisations.
