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Background: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the epicenter is facing transcending psychiatric problems. Results: Data analysis was carried out using t-test and simple linear regression analysis. Results of t-test showed that the pandemic-affected individuals (47%) reported significantly high on the depression and anxiety scores. The verdicts from simple linear regression analysis further demonstrate a history of psychiatric illness, duration of quarantine, and impact of event predicting depression (R2= .15, p< .001). For anxiety history of psychiatric illness, the impact of life events were significant predictors (R2= .28, p< .001) whereas the duration of quarantine, death due to COVID-19, and Impact of Event Scale predicted the center of epidemiological studies for depression (R2.48, p< .001). The finding of the research study concluded that 47% participated individuals were affected due to the pandemic COVID-19. Conclusions: The outcome of the study further exhibits that history of previous psychiatric illness, impact of life events, death due to COVID-19, and duration of quarantine are significant predictors of depression and anxiety.