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By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
New Jersey on Saturday reported 49 more deaths attributed to the coronavirus and 438 more positive tests, while hospitalizations fell again and the state’s transmission rate stayed below a crucial benchmark for the second consecutive day.
The Garden State has now reported 15,525 deaths related to COVID-19 — 13,578 lab-confirmed and 1,947 probable — with 174,959 known cases in the little more than four months since the state’s first case was announced March 4.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced the numbers on Twitter.
By comparison, the state reported 31 new deaths and 367 new cases on Friday.
The latest figures come as numerous other states continue to see surges in new cases. Once one of the nation’s hardest-hit states, New Jersey continues to see its numbers of new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations remain steady after falling significantly from their April peaks.
The state’s latest transmission rate — a key figure to determine how much the virus is spreading and guiding how to further reopen from lockdown restrictions — is 0.98, identical to the rate reported on Friday.
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