Coronavirus: Detroit musicians play Stand By Me in street to cheer up neighbourhood during lockdown

Detroit is struggling to cope with the surging number of infections in the state

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A pair of musicians played Stand By Me while walking down a street in the US to cheer up residents during the coronavirus lockdown.

In a short clip posted online, two men can be strolling down a street in St. Louis, Detroit belting out the tune to the Ben King classic on a trumpet and trombone.

Residents cheered the men on from outside their homes as they played the 1961 hit, which featured as the soundtrack of the 1986 film of the same name.

A woman wearing a blue jumper can be seen singing and clapping as the men play the brass instruments in a bid to provide some relief to those in self-islation.

The video was first shared on Twitter on 1 April and has since been viewed over 1 million times.

Michigan has been hit particularly hard by coronavirus in recent days. Over 10,000 people in the state had tested positive for the virus on Thursday, according to official figures.

More than 400 people have died as a result of contracting the novel virus after the state reported its first two cases on 10 March.

There are fears that the healthcare system in Michigan could become overwhelmed by the pandemic.

One doctor said that hospitals in Detroit, one of America’s poorest cities, was struggling to cope with the surging number of Covid-19 cases.​

“I think it’s fair to say that Detroit is getting crushed right now,” Dr. Nick Gilpin, medical director for infection prevention at Beaumont Health, told ABC News.

“We were watching China and trying to anticipate how this would play out. But under the circumstances, this has been so fast and heavy.”

Overall, there have been over 245,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US, with 6,053 deaths, according to John Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, health officials confirmed that there are now over 33,000 cases confirmed in the UK, with just under 3,000 deaths.