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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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6 H5 t% c- s' J- y1 Q$ nAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.- n3 v# U" W" s7 M- |1 y2 O7 \
) A; u( m2 k) ~; Z$ cDr. 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.
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3 ~' h* N7 S9 CThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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4 ^, }/ s, Q' o2 Q x) a/ D1 vAll 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.7 T0 ]$ |: g: M4 s
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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