The present findings highlighted that direct exposure to confirmed cases ofCOVID-19 may significantly account for the determination of depression severity. The COVID-19 pandemic may embody a number of negative emotional states and overwhelming stressors. A few of these include loss of employment; deaths of family members, friends, or colleagues; financial insecurity; isolation from others; as well as risk of exposure to contagious individuals. The fact that COVID-19 is human-to-human transmissible, associated with high morbidity, as well as being potentially fatal, may intensify depressive feelings, particularly among those who reported contacts with confirmed cases [32]. In line with our results, a recent population-based study among the community of Wuhan, China identified close contact with individuals with COVID-19 as a risk factor for depression during the first month of lockdown [33].