Beijing: China continued to reel under deadly Coronavirus epidemic on Monday with the death toll due to it sharply rising to 81 amid the country's National Health Commission reporting 2,744 confirmed cases of the fatal affliction till date.

The Commission also termed the condition of the 461 people being treated for the virus, officially known as 2019-nCoV, as 'critical.'The Commission said during the past 24 hours, 769 new confirmed cases, 3,806 new suspected cases and 24 deaths from the disease were reported.