Covid Update August 22: India Records Less Than 10,000 Cases, Odisha Witnesses Slight Drop

India’s Downtrend Continues. Country recorded 9,531 COVID cases in the last 24 hours. Daily positivity rate currently stands at 4.15%. Weekly positivity rate is currently at 3.59%. 45 COVID19 deaths reported in the past 24 hours. Virus death toll in country rises to 5,27,368. India’s active caseload is currently at 97,648. The active case count accounts for 0.22% of the total infections .