The general objective of this research was to describe the differences that exist in the most relevant factors that make up environmental awareness in the COVID-19 health emergency situation, according to the perception of the citizens of East Lima. The research was of quantitative approach, descriptive type, non-experimental design, comparative level, of transversal cut. The results indicated that there are significant differences in the environmental conscience in its cognitive, affective, conative and active factors; demonstrating that there is preponderance of one factor over another, in the situation of sanitary emergency COVID-19, according to the perception of East Lima’s citizens; which implies that there is scientific evidence to act and propose strategies, mainly on the affective dimension and so on the other active, conative and cognitive dimensions.