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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus - J' S7 v2 |7 P2 ~7 F 4 N! `- \5 k4 F8 K! ](CP) – 9 hours ago 4 d5 m C0 K# A% l& |: m 2 G5 c: d: i. T* n4 f+ CCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.- F& f K9 r1 h% p
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.# b' @5 v% H/ g0 R, X
j; B5 h2 W+ h/ s3 s7 y fDr. 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. " L* }) y9 Z# c4 W! Z* V 9 i' W* i' x5 y: g& f0 w8 ~1 F) ]! NThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.5 D1 b. ]7 P& w( W2 c2 @( m
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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. ' ^/ K0 ^* P; N; x' p1 { # W4 A. P% S" K( N- r' r9 nThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.