* |9 V$ A7 l5 V" uCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus/ e* t4 w. K: P( H& e
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu. ) @* v2 F8 }3 J( s( k/ h K' d0 C) o( R1 `& |Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.5 _5 l& W. d2 m- z" s$ {: A$ f
) C% h% H- T+ G( dDr. 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. 7 V8 _3 Y: A5 H% K( K0 H- l* ^& i1 a8 M1 e& B9 K* g% [$ W3 ?$ S
This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region. + j" z. m+ x: h0 C, ^ 8 g. H9 z$ t: B4 _( G5 m# IAll 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.8 C: h ?; P* b' g) F' A
0 h8 A2 r2 V4 Z2 C( Q! p+ FThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.