On Friday, the Bastrop County Health Authority announced the third confirmed death in Bastrop County as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The individual was a 62-year-old man from Elgin, according to Friday’s press release from the Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management. The two previous people who died from COVID-19 were a 58-year-old man from Elgin, reported on April 6, and a 56-year-old man from an unincorporated area of the county, reported on April 17.
“Know that the prayers of Bastrop County are with this family as they mourn their loss,” said Dr. Desmar Walkes, the health authority for Bastrop County, in ...