Subject	Public Health and Health policy
Specific subject area	Infection disease and virology
Type of data	Primary data, Dataset
How data were acquired	Data was collected using an online survey written in MS FORMS (Windows ®). The questionnaire is provided as a supplementary file.
Data format	Raw and recategorized/processed
Parameters for data collection	The questionnaire was applied during a 6-week period spanning from July to August 2020, during which information was obtained for a total 112 respondents.
Description of data collection	The questionnaire was conducted through online survey, which was distributed to regional healthcare professionals, via social media such as medical professional social groups on Whatsapp, direct emails and word of mouth from respondents.
Data source location	Country: Mexico Cities: Matamoros Tamps, Nuevo Laredo Tamps, Monterrey NL, and San Luis SLP.
Data accessibility	Database is uploaded on Kaggle repository [1] Direct URL to data:10.34740/KAGGLE/DSV/1731818
Related research article	J.L Delgado-Gallegos, R.J. Montemayor-Garza, G.R. Padilla-Rivas, H. Franco-Villareal and J.F Islas. Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7624.