http://www.google.com/hostednews ... qLF_I2T1rqkw9_TT65w - z0 g7 _ s7 i0 I ! u' j! }5 z/ N* h* h9 TCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus 1 C( m1 r# f# _, A% A! ? ! h; E" c" @8 s$ } S- I/ v(CP) – 9 hours ago ; i" a3 t9 g2 E+ j2 A' i' |9 }3 e9 \- {/ ]/ c
CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.; `& ?* d7 r( v8 P7 m1 F2 D
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. + {0 H' x5 J1 C: _5 h2 |; D( @( |6 T: v5 L8 Q
Dr. Gerry Predy, the province's senior officer of medical health, says the victim was admitted to hospital in early July and died about three weeks later.: H3 T( U; c" x* R
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.$ r7 h5 k ]( W z4 |1 _! [; p
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All five people to die so far in Alberta have been women, but Predy says he doesn't believe there is a propensity for the virus to cause illness in females.( `( b, M2 _; w: g" G! K/ S
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.