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Data released separately on Monday by Rutgers University and the Murphy administration suggest that the growth rate of new positive COVID-19 cases has slowed in recent days, a signal that aggressive social distancing measures and efforts of the past month may be paying off.
One set of numbers, presented by Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday, showed the rate in day-over-day new cases dropped from 24 percent on March 31, to 12 percent on April 6.Meanwhile, data from Rutgers-Camden’s COVID-19 Daily Tracker, shows that both the death rates and the numbers of new cases appear to...