The Department of Health has confirmed 329 new cases of Covid-19.
They have been notified of 8 additional death related to the virus.
Of the cases notified today, 162 are men while 166 are women.
Most people -64% - are aged under 45 years of age.
The median age is 37 years old.
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The @hpscireland has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to #COVID19.
There has been a total of 2,134 #COVID19 related deaths in Ireland.
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) December 15, 2020
Most cases of Covid-19 are in Dublin, where there are 86cases.
Elsewhere, there are 41 cases in Louth, 34 in Donegal, 25 in Limerick and 17 in Kildare.
The remaining 126 cases are spread across 20 other counties
Meanwhile, there have been 13 additional hospitalisations in the past twenty-four hours.
In total, there are 196 Covid-19 patients in hospitals - 31 of whom are in intensive care.
The 14 Day Incident Rate is estimated to be 84.7 per 100,000 population.
