349 people with Covid-19 were being treated in Irish hospitals last night, with 27 in Cavan.
That's the highest national figure since May.
It comes as 939 new cases were identified yesterday - while there were a further 724 in Northern Ireland.
There were 40 additional cases in Cavan and five additional cases in Monaghan.
Cavan continues to have the highest 14-day incidence rate in the country, at 967.5 per 100,000, while Monaghan has the sixth-highest incidence rate, at 348.6 per 100,000.
The national 14-day incidence rate is now at 309.
The positivity rate in the Republic over the past seven days stands at 6.2 percent - compared with 22 percent in Northern Ireland for those being tested for the disease for the first time.
Professor Anthony Staines of DCU says that means far too few people are being tested in the North:
