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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.2 w& L7 k0 Q8 k
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. ' a9 x+ r9 x0 N& O+ {+ P$ ^9 X) e! U) D J
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.1 E$ [, t1 w1 v; @
/ a1 |- y/ x$ B* g# ]" RThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.3 ?1 R$ b$ Y( K6 l
" C4 N0 U$ X! U$ H6 ^/ }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. / X6 u; p- l' a$ T' C; c3 V* ^& V3 e) K4 h7 r6 r
The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.