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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus3 j# h8 y' s U% A. Q4 b
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6 I% \4 O( c, p& A% l" WCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.$ _" h2 ]6 e: j
* t3 i& v p5 ^$ N! ~6 s3 |Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. # @6 H; k) i& e" M1 T2 m* q9 l/ x b& G- c* x7 p, t. T0 EDr. 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: f! m6 a D" r4 T# M9 ^ ' g( E/ s# |- j bThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. ! m9 p# c& ?6 Q0 F# `$ F0 l9 T6 x- w* o! I% c8 v: W% Y( U
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." J+ u1 C" V+ P* [# k2 t- n; u
! h6 H; ?3 u9 W$ J. P' [The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.