http://www.google.com/hostednews ... qLF_I2T1rqkw9_TT65w ; @% l) U; e9 k % k+ k; e4 T4 V3 ?: x' h3 B8 ~Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus6 z s9 n/ s% M4 ^9 \- ?( O
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(CP) – 9 hours ago 2 Y( `% _0 N7 z) ^ % x8 r9 c9 l+ X N6 a( Q) mCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu. - |4 M9 P4 Q7 s4 w& [ 2 Q8 Q8 T/ }1 pAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. * O' w4 `# u H5 ^8 o% V3 h9 k7 ]! \2 p+ j% V/ h/ j
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.- `' T& ?/ E8 W/ T4 _6 L
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. ( n: c/ _% J, ~. {4 I9 B* o7 O8 G1 C T
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. O( r9 R8 _: M8 X: J$ }. e
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.