Bhubaneswar, April 20 -- Bhubaneswar: From 394 positive cases on April 1, 2021 to 4761 at the end of April 20, Odisha witnessed a worrisome trend with 12-fold increase in the new cases in a span of 20 days.

Though the daily death cases remained under control, a total of 32 patients have already succumbed to the disease this April including the five casualties in the last 24 hours.

The primary reason behind the explosion of cases, as suggested by several health experts and the government agencies, is carelessness of the public. After the vaccination drive that took off some days back, people are seen to be reckless around this new strain of Coronavirus that has been spreading more aggressively than last year.

Apart from this, rising cas...