Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 update for South Africa (1 December 2020) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 2, 2020/APO Group/ -- COVID-19 Update: The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 792299 with 2295 new cases. We report 109 more COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 21644. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).