New Jersey on Saturday reported another 2,759 confirmed COVID-19 positive tests and seven new confirmed deaths as has now topped 87 million positive tests. The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted Monday, the most recent day with available data, was 9.74%. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers positivity rates above 10% to be “high.” New Jersey’s rate of transmission was 1.01 on Saturday. A transmission rate below 1 is an indication that the outbreak is declining, as each new case is leading to less than one additional new case. When the transmission rate is…