New Jersey on Saturday reported 3,317 COVID-19 confirmed positive tests and five confirmed deaths as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list 13 counties as “high” transmission risk. New Jersey’s seven-day average for confirmed cases was 2,902 on Saturday, down 22% from a week ago, but still up 29% from a month ago. Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday said new cases appear to be “leveling off” from the recent surge, but the state’s positivity rate was still ‘too high.” The positivity rate for tests conducted on Sunday, the most recent day with available data, was 17.36%. The statewide rat…
