New Jersey on Tuesday reported 1,862 confirmed COVID-19 positive tests and 10 new confirmed deaths as cases have continued to decline for nearly a month. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed cases was 2,147 on Tuesday, down 11% from a week ago, and down 46% from a month ago. The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted on Thursday, the most recent day with available data, was 8.96%. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers positivity rates above 10% to be “high.” The statewide rate of transmission for Tuesday was 0.82. A transmission rate below 1 is an indic…