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$ s# i& m5 {. tCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus% }) }$ [0 H# n( r9 j2 T
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. Z6 ]" X% m* T3 C% C1 b) O! iCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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Dr. 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.; N b9 S; w* r) K5 r" y
$ O( C8 H& u* l4 `1 X; Z: f, qThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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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.
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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