select sysdate from dual ;

>  30-APR-19

SELECT
  count(*)
FROM
  event_log
WHERE
  edate between to_date('04232019', 'MMDDYYYY') and to_date('04292019', 'MMDDYYYY') ;

> 1156

SELECT
  count(*)
FROM
  event_log
WHERE
  edate between (sysdate-7) and (sysdate-1) ;

> 1276

SQL> select sysdate,
  2         sysdate - 7 prev_week,
  3         sysdate - 1 yesterday
  4  from dual;

SYSDATE             PREV_WEEK           YESTERDAY
------------------- ------------------- -------------------
30.04.2019 23:13:14 23.04.2019 23:13:14 29.04.2019 23:13:14

SQL>

SQL> select trunc(sysdate) today,
  2         trunc(sysdate - 7) prev_week,
  3         trunc(sysdate - 1) yesterday
  4  from dual;

TODAY               PREV_WEEK           YESTERDAY
------------------- ------------------- -------------------
30.04.2019 00:00:00 23.04.2019 00:00:00 29.04.2019 00:00:00

SQL>

where edate between trunc(sysdate-7) and trunc(sysdate-1) ;