Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday expressed concern over the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the State, saying most of the people infected in the second wave of the spread of the disease are being found asymptomatic. Expressing serious concern over the increasing rising of corona infection Gehlot appealed to the people to be careful.

Sharing post on his Twitter handle Gehlot said ''There has been a steady increase in active cases of corona in India for the last one week. The number of active cases has increased by more than 55,000 in the last seven days," adding that the"The weekly positivity rate has also increased to 2.41 percent. The increase in active cases and positivity rate is a matter of concern.''.

The chief minister said the continuous surfacing of a large number of corona cases in Kerala is a serious matter and a night curfew has been imposed in Kerala. "Corona cases have increased rapidly in many countries of the world including America, Israel, Britain, Iran, Malaysia, Philippine, and Japan. A complete lockdown has been imposed in New Zealand," he said.

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"We all need to be careful so that the situation in the state and the country does not deteriorate further and the third wave can be avoided,'' Gehlot added.