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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus / ]) Z- U: R, j1 H 0 P1 Q f2 P6 A1 E; ~* z1 I(CP) – 9 hours ago & m3 ]8 p8 j) U2 a: S, I8 l( j" j" G4 b
CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.+ m5 _; j$ p( A& O8 ^
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.$ J0 I2 J3 `7 s. S: K3 ^
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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. / S- G& V9 O) O* ^/ Q& I1 k" @+ W' U Z$ x& T J6 K
This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.; t6 B6 I- N7 W7 d" S) Y' j
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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.0 Z- p; y" p# ?* d$ P* j
0 I- G3 i# W7 \. n" aThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.