These numbers include some older tests from German labs.
992 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland across results from both Irish and German laboratories.
527 of the new confirmed cases came from Irish labs while 465 were confirmed from older tests in German labs.
At a press briefing on Monday evening, Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan also confirmed that 31 more people had sadly died from Covid-19 in Ireland.
26 of those who died were from the east of the country with three from the north-west, one in the west and one in the south.
The median age of those who died was 82.
There are now 10,647 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland and there have been 365 deaths since the outbreak began.
At the HSE press briefing on Monday morning, the HSE confirmed that 72,000 tests have been done in Ireland.
There’s currently a back up of around 11,000 tests, down from 35,000, but they expect the backlog to be cleared this week with the increased capacity from labs in Germany
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