: G% ^: U. W' ^4 m; p(CP) – 9 hours ago $ l5 n5 u# ~% N1 ?' ~ 9 L/ N( G% V: G1 `( j! bCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.- A1 b! ^( }/ }- s
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.; A( e0 z* b8 j& i- N
+ X& y' t9 P) G |9 r1 f& ~4 KDr. 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. + h, o/ i8 m/ w& R" ^4 ~+ i ; M% L9 N9 X5 M5 P: R% XThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.' F" W+ D8 d% G7 q2 \
% M6 N4 K0 g+ p- ^& Z; o6 h) r7 MAll 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. ( y2 f" D* z) L* \# s ( l' M8 s2 a" `* s* F' dThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus.