It brings the death toll in the Republic to 320
8,928 people have been infected since the pandemic reached Ireland, which includes an extra 286 cases reported by a lab in Germany.
It's already killed over a hundred thousand people worldwide, and infected 1.7 million.
Health Minister Simon Harris says after the German lab has cleared a backlog of up to 15-thousand tests, the next step will be to extend the testing criteria.
Dr. Mary Favier, president of the Irish College of General Practitioners says that will help find infection sooner:
