DA backs calls to ease lockdown restrictions in WC Provincial health authorities said active cases in the Western Cape were on the decline. FILE: Beachgoers at Camps Bay Beach on 16 December 2020.. Picture: @LirandzuThemba/Twitter 79 days ago CAPE TOWN - The Democratic Alliance (DA) is backing calls for lockdown restrictions to be eased in the Western Cape. The party on Wednesday said that using the hotspot model and following a data-led, evidence-based approach, it had become increasingly clear that the province had passed its peak of coronavirus infections in the second wave. Provincial health authorities also said that active cases were on the decline.