Nearly six months after a state of disaster was first declared in Bastrop County, emergency deputy director Christine Files had good news for the commissioners’ court on Monday during the latest of her regular COVID-19 updates. “We are continuing to see a slowing down of the number of new cases and an increase in the number of recoveries,” Files said. “These are really good numbers, and we need to keep that going.” Last Tuesday, September 8, the Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) announced that they would begin releasing their weekly updates on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, since Tuesday is the ...