THE LATEST: Murphy will still wait until March to lift N.J. school mask mandate despite CDC’s new COVID guidelines New Jersey on Saturday reported another 37 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and 1,088 confirmed cases as the state’s seven-day average for confirmed positive tests dropped to its lowest point in almost seven months. The seven-day average fell to 1,043, down 34% from a week ago and 87% from a month ago as the state continues to see numbers similar to what they were before the recent surge driven by the omicron variant that started late last year. The seven-day average is the lowest since …