Nigeria on Tuesday recorded three more deaths and 505 new cases of COVID-19.

This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in an update on its website, on Tuesday night.

The agency noted that the latest statistics were drawn across 15 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

“On the 3rd of August 2021, 505 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria

“The 505 new cases are reported from 13 states-Lagos (275), Rivers (63), Akwa Ibom (62), Gombe (22), Ogun (8), FCT (4), Edo (3), Imo (2), Kano (1), Nasarawa(1), Sokoto (1), Jigawa (1), Ebonyi (1),” NCDC said.

With the latest statistics, the NCDC said the total number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to 175,264.