Officials announced on Monday that the first person in Bastrop County has been killed by COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. The individual was a 58-year-old man from Elgin. “This troubling news hits close to home,” Elgin Mayor Chris Cannon said in a joint statement from Bastrop County governments released on Monday. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Again, I ask everyone to please take this situation seriously and limit contact with others.” In the statement, Bastrop County health authority Dr. Desmar Walkes strongly recommended that Bastrop County residents, workers, students and visitors take the necessary precautions to ...