Six new coronavirus infections were recorded yesterday, it was revealed last night.

The positive tests were among 758 results that came back to health officials yesterday.

All were classed as on-island transmissions with known contacts.

The latest cases brought the number of active infections to 52.

Cabinet will meet this morning to discuss the latest spikes in the figures and to decide if further action is needed so the vaccination programme could continue without interruption.

Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the ministry was working “diligently, following a well thought out plan, to combat the outbreak”.

She added precautions included contact tracing and advised anyone contacted by the contact tracing team not to follow “rumour or social media to determine your next steps”.

Ms Wilson said people would be called only if they had been found to be a close contact of a case and given instructions on quarantine or testing.

She added: “Persons who are contacted by our contact tracers should please be honest with information as it pertains to your close contacts.

“We need this to be able to trace the potential spread as you may save a life.”

All the new cases are being monitored by health officials and none are in hospital.

Two people have recovered since last update yesterday.

The island has logged 773 coronavirus cases in the past year.

A total of 545 cases were on-island transmissions – 453 with a known contact, 92 with and unknown contact and six under investigation.

The number of cases that came in from overseas is 222.

The seven-day average of the island’s real time reproduction number is above one, and Bermuda’s country status remained at “sporadic cases”.

Ms Wilson reminded the public that symptoms of Covid-19 could appear two days to two weeks after exposure to the virus.

She said symptoms could include fever or chills, coughs, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting and diarrhoea.

Ms Wilson said the symptoms could be confused with the flu or seasonal allergies.

But she said there had been no cases of flu reported this year.

Ms Wilson said: “Anyone with fevers and respiratory symptoms must assume that they have Covid-19 disease.

“Do not go to work or send your child to school if either of you have any of these symptoms.

“To do so simply increases the chance of the disease spreading, and this has a negative impact on us all.”

Ms Wilson appealed anyone with symptoms to call their doctor to arranged a test appointment.

She added: “I continue to urge everyone to wear their masks, wash their hands, avoid closed spaces, crowded places and close contact settings.”

Cabinet’s decisions will be announced today, along with more test results.