COVID cases on Sunday, as daily positive infections continue to rise rapidly amid the highly contagious Omicron variant. The provincial case total now stands at 649,943.The most number of cases ever reported in a single day throughout the pandemic was on April 16 when there were 4,812 new cases amid the third wave when the province was under a strict lockdown and when a large portion of the population was still unvaccinated.However, as infections soar, patients with COVID in ICUs (intensive care units) have remained relatively stable but are overall on a slow rise.