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During and after this outbreak, it has been confirmed once again that finding a drug to prevent and end such diseases as soon as possible is an important issue. However, drug discovery and to determine a molecule\u2019s physical characteristics in a lab takes effort and time and is a costly process. Relevant information about molecules can be obtained by calculating topological indices, which are molecular descriptive numerical values corresponding to the physical properties of the chemical structure of a molecule. In this paper, we consider recently used drugs such as arbidol, chloroquine, hydroxy-chloroquine, lopinavir, remdesivir, ritonavir, thalidomide and theaflavin in treatment of COVID-19. This article examines neighborhood eccentricity-based topological descriptors that are used to analyze the structures of potential drugs against COVID-19. Eccentricity-based topological indices are advancing the field of chem-informatics and helping scientists better understand structure-activity correlations across a wide range of chemical compounds. The purpose is to identify structural components that have a significant impact on physico-chemical properties. In this context, the chemical structure and the corresponding molecular graph of the drugs under consideration are given in order to calculate the neighborhood eccentricity values. QSPR models are studied using linear and cubic regression analysis with topological indices for boiling point, enthalpy of vaporization, flash point, molar refraction, polar surface area, polarizability, molar volume and molecular weight properties of these drugs. Regression analysis is applied to find potential correlation between different drug characteristics such as bio-availability and efficacy. 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