The Department of Health has also been notified of 821 new cases of Covid--19.
No new deaths have been reported.
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre @hpscireland today.
There has been a total of 3,948 #COVID19 related deaths in Ireland.
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) February 15, 2021
430 of today's cases are identified in men while 389 are in women.
Most people -70% - are under 45 years of age.
The median age is 31 years old.
Most of today's cases were identified in Dublin, where there are 333 new cases.
Elsewhere, there are 91 new cases in Galway, 53 in Limerick, 41 in Kildare and 38 in Meath.
The remaining 265 cases are spread across all other counties.
Meanwhile, there have been 40 additional hospitalisations in the past twenty-four hours.
In total, there are 916 Covid-19 patients in hospitals - 157 of whom are in intensive care.
Almost 90,000 People Fully Vaccinated
As of Friday, 175,238 people received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
89,999 people have received both doses.
From today, people over the age of 85 will receive a dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
It's hoped the next cohort - those between 80-84 - can start to get their vaccines in three weeks time.
It marks a step into the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccine programme, after efforts to administer doses to nursing home residents and frontline healthcare workers.
The Department of Health have also identified 37 sites where vaccination sites will be held.
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They include five sites in Cork, four sites in Dublin and two sites in counties Westmeath, Wexford, Tipperary and Kerry.
