I was thinking of Guayaquil, having seen YouTube videos of bodies being abandoned or burned in the street.
As to why the two cities have different rates of infection, I have no idea. Could it have been a bigger injection of virus in a port city versus the capital? Does high altitude UV play a part? It would be interesting to study.
Guayaquil is the business center, while Quito is the capital. Quito is a beautiful city with amazing weather.
Guayaquil has a greater population density and they believe the infection was introduced by business travelers from Spain.
High altitude UV surely plays a part.