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Lagos State had the largest number of cases of Covid-19 with 58,936 confirmed cases as of  27 May 2021. 

Although it is still too early to know, there is some evidence suggesting that the Delta variant reduces vaccine efficacy. Data from cases in England showed that the effectiveness of both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines had been lowered after one dose from 51.1% to 33.5%. But after a second…

Since 1994, the government has delivered over 4.7 million housing opportunities.

According to the country’s tourism ministry, there were 2,048,834 international visitors to Kenya in 2019.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the total value of Nigeria's exports was N3.19 trillion, while the total value of imports stood at N5.93 trillion. The country's trade balance was therefore N-2.73 trillion.

The average price paid by consumers for premium motor spirit (petrol) decreased month-on-month by -0.97% from N165.70 per litre in December 2020 to N164.09 per litre in January 2021.

The country’s GDP per capita (nominal gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population as per World Bank estimates) was US$2,229 in 2019.

 

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Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt were considered Africa’s largest economies in 2021 based on their gross domestic product.

From 3 January 2020 to 10 March 2021, there have been 109,164 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,879 deaths, reported to the World Health Organization. This amounts to 203 cases and 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people.