Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 Statistics for Republic of South Africa (04 August 2021) (1) Content provided by Last updated: 13 hours ago The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues the monitoring and surveillance of COVID-19 in order to inform the public health response. Today the institute reports 13 263 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 484 009 This increase represents a 22.3% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 423 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 73 415 to date. 15 031 457 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.