New Jersey had a good week in terms of COVID-19 numbers Jan. 24-30, but Hudson County had a great week: The county saw a 42% decline in new positive cases, the most of any county, with hospitals and schools seeing the benefit. The number of cases per 1,000 fell from 6.9 to just 4, compared to 5.5 per 1,000 in the state as a whole. On Jan. 30 the county reported just 174 new cases, the lowest one-day total since early December, before the Omicron wave began ramping up. “We’re definitely seeing a diminishment of cases, both in the ambulatory and inpatient side,” said Dr. John Rimmer, chief medic…