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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus1 H& ]. q9 h$ S3 x
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu. & y1 H) p1 c! b) ~7 e7 | K& d ' t @" i$ k! P; |; M; }) XAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. 9 m5 \, N% ]3 w7 c4 Q - o& |3 P0 K% I8 j- {/ p) f7 RDr. 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. & s# n) R2 \6 l $ n# D$ C1 x. A G& ^& r* C! GThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.# Z9 A1 n# w8 f
# I( j( W n: K+ Q4 T9 ZAll 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. 2 f4 n7 ~8 L# g8 C% F( h0 d& r6 @# b# u3 g9 |# L
The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.