Cape Town has become the center of the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa and one of Africa's hot spots.
People exercise along the promenade at sunrise in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, Monday. May 18, 2020 as the country marked day 53 of a government lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The Western Cape province which includes the city of Cape Town, has emerged as the country's coronavirus hotspot, accounting for more than half of the nation's confirmed cases.
Gauteng province containing Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, and the capital, Pretoria, had been expected to be the country's epicenter with its population density and poverty levels, but Cape Town defied predictions with high levels of community transmission. Cape Town is expected to reach its peak of cases around the end of June, while the rest of South Africa is expected to peak in August or September.
While South Africa reportedly has adequate hospital beds it remains short of intensive care facilities. It has about 3,300 intensive care beds but predictions suggest more than 20,000 could be needed. “The lessons we are learning now, we are sharing with the rest of the country,” said Dr. Nomafrench Mbombo, Western Cape's top health officer.
Winde, in self-isolation after coming in contact with a TV cameraman who later died of COVID-19, wants restrictions relaxed to boost economic activity.
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