Covid Update August 23: Positivity Drops But Death Rate Still High In India

India continues to detect less than 10,000 daily cases. Country recorded 8,586 COVID cases in the last 24 hours. Daily positivity rate currently stands at 2.19%. Weekly positivity rate is currently at 3.31%. 48 COVID19 deaths reported in the past 24 hours. Virus death toll in country rises to 5,27,416. India’s active caseload is currently at 97,648. The active case count accounts for 0.22% of the total infections.