According to the Health Ministry, as many as 34 new deaths have been reported since Saturday evening while 715 patients have been cured of the virus till now.

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 273 and the number of cases to 8,356 in the country on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 7,367, as many as 715 people were cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said.