The current pandemic has been declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 30, 2020. The causative agent of the COVID-19 is Sub-Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes lung severe disease, is an enveloped RNA virus. The bats being the main zoonotic reservoir of the virus. As of July 9, 2020, the number of cases has around 11,841,326 cases, with 544,739 death cases worldwide. Surveillance of the asymptomatic carriers, the certain lockdown of the public places, quarantine of 14 days of suspected individuals, or other necessary steps have been taken by each country to limit the coronavirus infection. Many scientists have worked on drug repositioning of already available drugs to compete and kill the virus. The following literature review has been conducted from the publicly available information about the evolutionary relationship, genetics, pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, or laboratory tests of the virus. We have also covered the available control or precautionary measures, and treatment against the virus.