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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus& e/ F( t; Y. _% A
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu. - _/ r3 F/ S; d4 r- L! S& F& v0 a3 W+ P' o8 j% \
Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.$ Y' f$ ?" A7 G- R3 l
0 n# M) `0 \2 R4 w9 c9 GDr. 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.; e0 D" q F) C8 e" Q. @+ b3 U* [
/ B/ ?5 l/ W$ f' J' W0 kThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. ) K1 y: C! X4 S) L4 j- S6 A. [6 R . o* v; i- N+ k: g* v y) 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.' a* s9 S5 d' _& |/ J
6 z! u/ o# P2 m4 i4 n: M7 l% ZThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.