The death toll in the deadly new-coronavirus in China rose to 56 on Sunday with confirmed cases of viral affliction reaching 1,975 and 324 of them being critical, Chinese health authorities said. The new-type of pneumonia, officially being described as 2019-nCoV, has resulted in 56-deaths, the National Health Commission said. A total of 2,684 suspected cases have also been reported so far, it said.