The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 54 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
45 of the deaths took place in February, with 5 happening in January and another 4 are still under investigation.
1,006 new cases of Covid have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon have all recorded fewer than five new cases.
As of 8am this morning there are a total of 1,032 people being treated for Coivd in hospitals around the country, and 173 of these people are being treated in intensive care units.
40 more people have been admitted to hospitals with the virus in the past 24 hours.
As of February 7, 240,487 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
• 153,654 people have received their first dose
• 86,833 people have received their second dose
