New Jersey reported another 1,445 COVID-19 cases and seven confirmed deaths on Saturday as the average for daily positive test counts continued to drop. The statewide rate of transmission was 0.90, state health officials reported. A transmission rate of 1 means cases have leveled off at the current numbers. Anything above 1 indicates the outbreak is expanding. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive cases is 1,308 — a 13% decrease from a week ago and a 14% decrease from a month ago. TheU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t currently deem any of the st…