From Pitkin County Commissioner Kelly McNicholas Kury a few minutes ago at the beginning of a virtual Pitkin County community meeting about the COVID-19 virus:
“We’ve learned today that Pitkin County suffered the first death from the COVID virus in the community,” she said, adding that the county’s “deepest sympathies” go out to the person’s friends and family.
McNicholas Kury offered no other details.
The Aspen Times will update this story as further details become available.