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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus * r" O( s+ C6 [0 S! \ h% s4 C6 [
(CP) – 9 hours ago : o: x3 \3 k- i3 u7 [2 r - {& |) M: i: Y# uCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.) T. _! T; A! q; O# z4 R
, c: _7 o7 m# e' iAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. 5 g4 q* \* ^6 `* q9 D ! E& p4 W/ L0 L) [9 _" ^) @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.4 F3 P" F0 s% {- R: z: t3 O( A
3 a6 c- R* w2 U2 w) V& \0 e' R& VThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. m* M& h' C9 v; R! ~7 b8 P& S0 U5 s
1 H) I& [4 H+ T) |) ]' f% [- CAll 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. 3 ?+ Y0 @' F) [% e% u2 m: U5 F0 W) e
The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.