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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.$ f* }& O! ]7 D2 M8 w3 C l
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions. : D8 n- W' t" I/ R 3 X. u# b- A7 ?' 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. & s4 M8 \ ^* r2 @ 8 H* [/ s, `) P( IThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.5 |" t3 V, A8 `' r0 V! K' s% r
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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.5 F. a0 h9 d& r+ d0 y+ a
t4 z) r: u5 V6 `The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.