New Jersey on Saturday reported three new COVID-19 deaths and 1,818 confirmed positive tests as the hospitalization rate decreased at the start of the Easter holiday weekend. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed cases increased to 1,711 Saturday, up 32% from a week ago and up 153% from a month ago. There were 366 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases across 70 of the state’s 71 hospitals as of Friday night, the latest data available. One hospital did not report data. Hospitalizations hit a recent peak at 6,089 on Jan. 10 during the omicron wave that spread across the st…