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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus 1 B+ H8 C8 R$ H! S' Q7 n2 c+ J
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu." Z+ [0 |; l; q% G" N0 A1 E
: ^. ` v0 W& V4 G. [! X. ^Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. 2 d3 O+ z7 d7 i' t' J$ |0 [ B( H; \2 K; o1 _& @
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. & w' N( p* m) }! `/ y - `! ?) ?4 p5 o# o" Y! vThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.. [* p4 c5 W: X ]- o
5 m& Q0 m p. B: OAll 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. $ U4 A: f3 w& q: @& s4 ~1 _* ^, U( I9 s5 k
The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.