As New York City continues fighting to contain the spread of COVID-19, Long Island is dealing with its own coronavirus crisis. Roughly a quarter of all cases in the state are on Long Island, and its infection rate is beginning to pass the city's. County officials are also seeing these cases cluster in densely-populated towns that are home to much of Long Island's immigrant community.

In an attempt to get a better idea of how the virus is spreading through the area, as well as to better inform Spanish-speaking communities, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is rolling out hotspot testing sites in places where health officials have found high rates of infection.

"There's no better way to be able to penetrate into the community than bringing people to get tested and then to hear from Spanish-speaking health professionals about what you need to do, how you need to isolate and stay at home," Bellone told WNYC's Jami Floyd. "We think that is the most effective way to connect with what has traditionally been a hard-to-connect-with community."

The first of these test sites will be located in Huntington Station, Brentwood, and Riverhead.

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