The man, a resident of Pipradih village in Chandrapura block, was in the isolation ward at Bokaro General Hospital for the last one week, said district medical officer Ashok Kumar Pathak.
The test report came in late Thursday night, he said.
The first COVID-19 fatality was reported in Jharkhand on Thursday as a 72-year-old man died of coronavirus in Bokaro district.
So far, six COVID-19 cases have been detected inBokaro district, seven in Ranchi city and one in Hazaribagdistrict, health department officials said. PVR SOM DVDV