<span style="color: #222222;">Sikkim government has announced a complete lockdown in the state from 5 am on 17th of this month to curb the rising COVID-19 cases. The lockdown will continue till 5 am on 24th May. The decision was taken as the state was reporting a case positivity rate of more than 20 per cent over the last few weeks.<br />''<br />''Sikkim recorded 2,903 new cases and 51 deaths in the last 14 days. Restrictions on inter and intra state movement including curfew after 5 pm were already in place in Sikkim since 6th of this month and are effective till tomorrow.</span><br />