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Introduction: COVID-19 is a pandemic disease. Many of countries are being affected by this. It is like an unexpected situation for everyone. Everybody is not able to get adjusted with a sudden outbreak of COVID-19. Everyone has their own method of coping with the certain situation and according to that they have used different types of coping strategies to cope up with this crucial situation. The aim of the study was to assess the coping strategies used by the general public in COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: A cross-sectional, web based survey was conducted among the general public of India, including 110 participants with voluntary participation in May. A survey instrument was used for assessing the coping strategies among general public. Results: Descriptive statistics was used for analysis. Majority of the participants were students with 18-30 years of age and unmarried. Majority of the participants (65.5%) showed adequate coping strategies while 34.5% showed neutral coping strategies. Conclusion: During the time of this global pandemic and lockdown, there are high chances of the population to get mentally frustrated and get affect with psychological problems. Thus good coping strategies are required to face the situations.