http://www.google.com/hostednews ... qLF_I2T1rqkw9_TT65w / _' N0 k+ Z4 I9 B ; Q4 L6 L4 U3 W9 G2 v& a6 eCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus . p+ {; n1 S6 C 0 G( K! q( {) w( Z1 V3 p8 u(CP) – 9 hours ago 6 u* E! R7 m0 Y# ]6 s# N+ D- x# b& l . M% a0 b% ^+ iCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.; Z8 ]3 t5 z3 {1 t8 c
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.3 C" j4 Y; V# i: I3 y( q
- C! P, }) ?" d8 t9 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. 8 z" a5 ]9 c/ z7 U1 \7 B9 n& g! p4 D' k! O" _- X: P1 G, z: w
This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.' Y2 q4 P; t- a: E! _5 i3 P$ h. l: F
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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.$ l x' M2 V" x7 k9 l
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.