kolhapur a number of covid19 positive cases that have emerged in the region have left the district administrations quite baffled as because those who died of the infection either did not have a travel history or the source of infection could not be found while contact tracing solapur district collector milind shambharkar told toi the first case in solapur was of a 62yearold man the man died despite having no travel history even his family members tested negative for covid19 while tracing the close contacts of the deceased man we came across a nurse who tested positive for the contagion even her family members tested positive for covid19there is a possibility that the man may have contracted the infection from the nurse and not otherwise as he had gone for consultation to the private clinic where the nurse works and was later admitted to the civil hospital said shambharkarwhen asked from where the nurse could have contracted the infection the district collector said they were tracing all those who had come in contact with her besides our health teams finding out the close contacts we also use modern technology for verifying the authenticity of the information provided by the patient he said adding that if the patients and their family members provided genuine information in the very first instance it saved the administration a lot of time sangli district collector abhijeet chaudhary said that though not getting a clue about the infection of the source may be a matter of concern the administrations contact tracing team works round the clock hence one should not derive any conclusion without authentic information chaudhary said that in the recent case of a bankers death in sangli the district administration has sealed the branch where the deceased used to work his secondary contacts have been traced and checked for covid19 symptoms even the cctv footage has been checked to find out who all came in contact with the banker district health officer sangli bhupal girigosavi said they were yet to find the exact source from whom the banker contracted the infection they are relying on call record data and thorough investigation sataras district health officer aniruddha athalye said they too have such positive cases where they are finding difficulty in tracing the source of the infection the case of a 10monthold boy who tested positive for covid19 is baffling everyone his parents tested negative for the contagion the contact tracing of another patient whose throat swab sample tested positive for covid19 on april 15 was also turning out to be a diffilcult process according to athalye people who are the contracting infection without having a travel history or without coming in contact with affected patients were posing a challenge to the district administration recalling something twodays ago is difficult for an average person getting information from positive patients as to whom did they visit is proving to be a real challenge for us said athalye