; C+ o {( p& a* C(CP) – 9 hours ago / P7 F9 x4 `$ f* L s9 Y ( K1 A4 L5 D2 O% E0 | {' y/ b6 @CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu. : Y+ l- X( g$ } `) Y" d* w' N( v& N- |+ }4 W6 v
Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. ! h, M1 \9 `. S7 R $ `9 X$ O) {4 r; }! l6 ODr. 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.9 Z& M% { c" H$ e' \8 W0 u( K
( P3 q8 U5 l7 PThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.% ^ E. U# E2 y( i
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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.8 ^0 O+ ]) s1 v: y
# z& v1 L6 U- M7 {! l. LThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.