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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.5 \" _! `$ t: Z6 J
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. / y) C( g: W$ _. @ ; z: Q u( k7 H3 ?4 y6 ADr. 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.: s3 V( G+ L" l' V9 A- L* ^' [+ I
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.- {1 a* G& a) F: \; M9 z# [7 }" w
3 w' w+ Q1 |3 Q" M9 i' _: k" ?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. " M& R7 d! J+ K) t* u$ u. Q) ]$ Y) c. I2 Z0 V) I. F
The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.