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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus+ j+ K6 r7 q( h! g8 s$ v# Q
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.& Q) z0 l1 l5 \9 D- K" v5 B' c9 E' u
# F' \6 g* i( n! _' u2 M8 uAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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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.
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9 q2 D9 p0 s6 ?' _; v% i% fThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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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.
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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