New Jersey on Thursday broke its one-day record for positive COVID-19 cases for a second day in a row, reporting another 15,482 confirmed cases — as well as another 33 confirmed deaths a day before Christmas Eve. That’s nearly 6,000 cases more than the record set on Wednesday, when the state reported 9,711 positive tests. Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations also continue to multiply, topping 2,200 for the first time in more than eight months. But they have not yet grown at the level they did during last winter, when vaccine rollout was still in its early stages. The sudden explosion of cases h…

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