Cape Town and Its Province Are South Africa’s Virus Hotspot

Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape province have become South Africa’s coronavirus hotspot, accounting for more than half of the nation’s confirmed cases, which have gone above 10,000.

The Western Cape province has 5,168 cases, according to figures released Sunday night, and of the country’s 194 deaths registered from COVID-19, 98 have occurred in the province.

Cape Town, with its poor, densely populated townships, is the center of the cases in the province.

South Africa, with the continent’s highest number of confirmed cases, has eased its restrictions to allow an estimated 1.6 million people to return to work in selected mines, factories and businesses.

However, the concentration of cases in Cape Town may see the city return to a stricter lockdown, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkizhe.

“That is what is going happen in Cape Town. Where the higher rate of transmission is, it is going to require that