New Jersey on Sunday reported another 1,209 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one confirmed death as the number of positive tests decreased 50% from an average of 2,438 over the previous four days. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive tests is 1,813, a 23.9% increase from a week ago. The rate of transmission was 1.07 on Sunday, up from 1.04 last week. A transmission rate below 1 is an indication that the outbreak is declining, since each new case is leading to less than one additional case. When the transmission rate is 1, that means cases have leveled off at the current…