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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus! z" E) Z" E& R
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu./ T5 l: s6 o; h( C. S' Q. h9 @2 A
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. ) h" _' E+ P3 x6 j9 N# d% [1 r$ [& C9 r' ]# ]
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.4 h6 F2 S; n5 N+ ]
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.- S( f9 e6 \9 c
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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. C" _" d6 F9 t) K( U4 u1 Y
+ R$ N$ `& V& N/ L+ z6 p: dThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.