http://www.google.com/hostednews ... qLF_I2T1rqkw9_TT65w ( r m+ x4 T/ B% C' `! ?9 Q8 k! `( E# [$ `7 j4 {) }
Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus1 V+ b, i8 S1 w# U F* v. f
- A) A; D1 j2 J% G" x+ ~0 ]
(CP) – 9 hours ago ( s2 G. N, G9 Q/ V6 w) x3 K : U i$ s' F9 M. h+ h: XCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu. : C' x/ l6 z7 Y6 d2 o- ] h* i6 k
Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. - H2 P# ?+ d z; X% U ; _8 [. g& h% P: D7 tDr. 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. G" Q& y* o. w3 ^ % K3 t) U1 |7 X- H8 HThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. 8 @) y! G5 ^+ o8 ^( F5 K! ]; h* S3 _. K+ v! r# H
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. " i2 W: m' J. V7 A" M& q* b " \5 x3 F2 N5 ^; M: nThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.