美联社新闻一分钟 AP 桑德斯支持拜登竞选美国总统（在线收听）

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Strong storms and tornadoes pounded the deep South Sunday into Monday. Killing at least 19 people in Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina. Dozens more were pulled from damaged buildings and taken to hospitals as the storm continue to made its way up through the Mid-Atlantic.

从周日到周一，强烈的风暴和龙卷风袭击了美国南部。密西西比州、乔治亚州、阿肯色州和南卡罗来纳州至少19人丧生。随着风暴继续向大西洋中部移动，有数十人被从受损的建筑物中救出并送往医院。

New York governor Andrew Cuomo says he believes "the worst is over" despite hospitals in his state still seeing 2,000 patients a day. New York's death toll from coronavirus topped 10,000, but Sunday marked the first time in a week that the daily number of deaths dipped below 700.

纽约州州长科莫称，他相信“最糟糕的阶段已经过去了”，尽管纽约州的医院每天仍然新增2000名病人。纽约州死于冠状病毒的人数已经超过了1万人，但是周日的死亡人数是一周来首次下降至每天700人以下。

Meanwhile, the navy is reporting its first death among the crew of the virus-infected USS Theodore Roosevelt warship. A sailor died Monday of complications related to the disease after after testing positive on March 30.

与此同时，美国海军报告称，受病毒感染的西奥多·罗斯福号航空母舰上出现首例死亡病例。周一，一名船员在3月30日的检测中呈阳性，随后死于与该病相关的并发症。

And Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed former rival Joe Biden for President. The endorsement came in a joint online appearance with the former vice president, five days after Sanders dropped out of the race.

佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯支持前竞争对手乔·拜登竞选总统。这一表态是在桑德斯退出竞选五天后，与前副总统拜登在网络上共同露面时宣布的。