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QUEBEC ? Another Quebecer has died after getting the H1N1 virus, bringing the total number of swine flu-related deaths in Canada to 48.
The woman was from the Montreal area and had underlying medical conditions.
There have been 18 deaths in Quebec, 15 in Ontario, six in Manitoba, four in Saskatchewan, three in Alberta, one in British Columbia and one in Nunavut.
The most recent case in Saskatchewan was a woman in her 50s who had serious underlying health conditions.
The latest deaths come after Canadian health officials said they will now look for trends in communities, instead of listing individual confirmed cases.
Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief public health officer, says counting individual cases is no longer relevant as officials deal with the pandemic.
The World Health Organization says it still wants countries to report deaths caused by the pandemic virus, but that reporting of individual confirmed cases is using up resources that could be used for something else.
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The woman was from the Montreal area and had underlying medical conditions.
There have been 18 deaths in Quebec, 15 in Ontario, six in Manitoba, four in Saskatchewan, three in Alberta, one in British Columbia and one in Nunavut.
The most recent case in Saskatchewan was a woman in her 50s who had serious underlying health conditions.
The latest deaths come after Canadian health officials said they will now look for trends in communities, instead of listing individual confirmed cases.
Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief public health officer, says counting individual cases is no longer relevant as officials deal with the pandemic.
The World Health Organization says it still wants countries to report deaths caused by the pandemic virus, but that reporting of individual confirmed cases is using up resources that could be used for something else.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iBbNncZOvgeFyHuldX1fa_XTWOkw