According to health officials, total confirmed cases now stand at 256. Hyderabad had reported India's first swine flu case on May 16.

However, the first swine flu death was reported on Sep 2. Two people died on the same day while two more died on Sep 5.

Meanwhile, swine flu has claimed the life of a software engineer hailing from Hyderabad in the US. According to delayed reports reaching the health department, A. Charan died of swine flu on Sep 1 in California. His body was brought here on Sep 10 and was cremated the same day.

Swine flu has so far claimed 172 lives in India.