Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 Statistics in RSA (19 May 2021) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 20, 2021/APO Group/ -- A total of 40 355 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 3 522 new cases, which represents a 8.7% positivity rate. A further 167 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 55 507 to date. Read more: http://ow.ly/iVUi50EQHob. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).