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A Calgary resident died of the flu this year, marking the first flu-related death in Alberta for the 2018-19 season.
Alberta Health Services confirmed Thursday that a person with a confirmed laboratory-confirmed influenza case had died.
This comes a day after a Calgary emergency room physician told Global News that the region could expect to see "many more hospitalizations" because of the virus that year.
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AHS reported that on Thursday, 1,411 cases of influenza A were confirmed in Alberta, including 922 in the Calgary area and 13 cases of strain B.
A total of 290 people were admitted to the hospital on Thursday because of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases, including 200 in the Calgary area.
AHS said to date, 944,611 people have been vaccinated against influenza.
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