There have been 3,680 further cases of COVID-19 reported in Ireland.
There are 543 COVID-19 patients hospitalised with the virus - 97 of whom are in ICU.
The five-day moving average of cases stands at 3,364.
It comes amid talk of renewing a work-from-home directive as cases continue to rise.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is advising people to continue to work from home, if possible, following a meeting on Thursday.
They are also encouraging people to reduce their social contacts, and stick to the public health advice on ventilation and face masks.
Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys told The Hard Shoulder the Government will consider the advice.
"This is the NPHET advice, and Government will consider it - they've just finished their meeting this evening, I haven't seen [the advice] yet.
"I think it's important that Government considers this and that's the job of Government.
"We take all the advice onboard and then we reach a decision", she said.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly had said there were no plans to re-introduce full work-from-home orders, or to extend the use of Digital COVID Certs.
Minister Donnelly earlier told Newstalk the idea was not under consideration by Government.
"I haven't received any advice to that end and it is not something the Government is actively considering at the moment," he said.
"I think at the press conference last night, the NPHET team were being asked about a lot of different hypotheticals and they were giving a view generally that given the cases numbers right now they would prefer people to be opting for the safer option."
He was speaking after NPHET again urged people to reduce their social contacts, with case numbers remaining stubbornly high.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan warned on Wednesday that current socialisation trends 'cannot be sustained'.
"We're not seeing encouraging signs of reduction in socialisation, we're still seeing high levels of socialisation right across the population.
"And so we're simply socialising at a level, in broad terms, that we simply can't sustain in terms of the numbers of case numbers.
"So our message'll be to people if you're planning, and we're advising people to plan, with these guidances in place - the basic public health measures in place", Dr Holohan said.
