The province's count for known active cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,586 Sunday, after a single-day record of 543 new cases were reported.

This follows 499 new cases Saturday. There are 249 people hospitalized in Saskatchewan, with 194 receiving inpatient care and 55 patients in intensive care.

There was also one new death in the province reported Sunday.

Five of the new cases are located in South East Sub Zone 4, which includes Estevan. The area's active count rose to 79 cases. There are 247 active cases across the whole South East Zone.