Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 update for South Africa (19 July 2020) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 20, 2020/APO Group/ -- COVID-19 Update: A total of 49006 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. Regrettably, we report 85 more COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 5033. We send our deepest condolences. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).