The seven-day average for confirmed positive tests was 1,290 on Friday, a 17% decrease from a week ago and a 47% decrease from a month ago.
The state’s rate of transmission on Friday was 0.89. A transmission rate below 1 is an indication that each new case is leading to less than one additional case.
The CDC reported zero counties to be in the “high risk” category for transmission, down from three on Thursday. This is the first time in months that all 21 New Jersey counties had either “medium” or “low” risk for transmission. The remaining nine counties — Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Mercer and Cumberland — are deemed “low” risk, according to the CDC.
The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted Sunday — the most recent day for which data is available — was 14.26%.
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