) r3 e- N' b( W2 ?& r(CP) – 9 hours ago 0 {9 n' j( I0 P. N" O2 g - c9 Q8 B. r3 b: D. K- oCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu. # L- b: F5 M- a* u 0 Z' c+ p" u& t0 bAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. 6 \7 b9 e& p: t* z# L; Z8 C 8 u" R& }: o% [3 r uDr. 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.% f2 r6 \3 k% g
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. 6 }" n3 O" L! w1 J- A: H' d& n7 p3 _" `- u$ \4 w+ E
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. $ K N/ l) p0 K0 f 7 B; o: Q+ L7 f5 [6 R5 W% y3 n* ?The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.