The dreaded novel Coronavirus continues to claim lives in Maharashtra, which on Monday recorded an all-time high of 178 deaths, taking the state-s toll to over 4,128. As many as 68 of them died in Mumbai. The number of cases, however, dipped after several days. State reported 786 new COVID-19 infections, including 1,067 in the city.

The mortality rate due to COVID-19 is at 3.7 per cent. Besides 68 in city, 20 died in Vasai Virar, 14 in Pune, 13 each in Mira Bhayandar and Dhule, 12 each in Navi Mumbai and Thane, nine in Kalyan Dombivli, seven in Panvel, three in Jalgaon, two each in Solapur and Jalna and one each in Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri.