The Gauteng provincial government says it may possibly look at "intermittent lockdowns" as the province prepares for a peak in Covid-19 cases.

Intermittent lockdowns will see the province opening up and then closing the economy for a particular period of time, Health MEC Bandile Masuku told News24 on Monday.

Mkhize announced on Sunday that Gauteng would emerge with the highest number of cases in the coming days, overtaking the Western Cape, which currently has over 60 000 cases.

GRAPHICS | Gauteng recording more Covid-19 cases a day than Western Cape has at any point

On Sunday, Gauteng had a total of 36 895 cases, according to Mkhize.

Speaking on social behaviour, in which Mkhize said people seemed to be fatigued and letting their guard down, Masuku said the pronouncement from the taxi industry on Sunday afternoon that it would be breaking the law and going back to 100% load capacity and long distance travel was a disappointment, and it was highly discouraged by the provincial government.