0 s) M" \# ^" W' z2 U1 UCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus1 e5 u' G4 P3 `7 [
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu." t! W: S' M! u2 Y$ T5 X b8 u! b
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. 8 c9 r. Z7 x, e. d6 r 3 ~( R4 v. |2 m' i) T1 i" ODr. 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.5 X$ }9 c( Z3 O* c( D0 Y
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. # X5 q4 @) m) }# J' x& F$ w! S' |+ u" ^7 }
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.: _/ O5 B1 N9 [
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.