/ b0 M8 o- w- [4 WCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus # Q+ P( z& R. t' O+ K$ o( W Z4 P C
(CP) – 9 hours ago( j5 ?* P# I0 w3 v* U: m
% u& n$ ^9 H+ ~( d% M! M
CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.& A7 S2 z8 P% H5 p. p/ t
! G- j3 t9 v2 U6 _- o4 _; p+ bAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. " J7 H# A2 b; J7 D# B" F* ? ( U6 D; v& q4 @. C6 QDr. 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.2 _* A2 w& T5 L& b+ ~
% |( t @( V$ l. e
This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. ; C5 W7 y0 _7 m; l2 n% |. b2 v B5 K8 R! L
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. 4 f/ u) ]7 d6 S+ e. D/ q5 k/ N! f8 \4 _2 j: Z6 X' X
The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.