The COVID-19 pandemic threatens life safety and has a wider impact, disrupting community social life and livelihoods in many countries, including Indonesia. The pandemic ‘forces’ the community to limit their mobility and socio-economic activities, thereby hampering health services, livelihoods, meeting basic needs, socio-cultural, and religious activities. This article aims to discuss the important role of the social capital of a community in increasing its capacity to deal with pandemic disruption and adapt to new normal conditions. This article is based on empirical evidence from community experiences in dealing with the pandemic in various regions of Indonesia, especially in areas that were the epicentre of the spread of the coronavirus. Data was collected through research using qualitative methods with open interview techniques. The community played an important role in supporting its members by applying coping strategies based on local knowledge and wisdom practiced for a long time in their areas. Community members helped each other to meet the needs for food, basic foodstuffs, and other basic needs when COVID-19 patients and their family members were self-isolating and maintained their health conditions during and after the pandemic. Community support was also carried out by distributing information via community digital communication networks, especially WhatsApp groups. This article emphasizes the importance of maintaining community social capital and accelerating the transformation of virtual communication through social networks to increase community digital communication literacy and access to communication technology to adapt to disruption and anticipate future pandemics.