MONTREAL - Quebec's public health department has confirmed a third death in the province linked to the H1N1 flu virus.
Health officials say the victim was a woman in her 50s with an underlying chronic illness.
They also confirm 40 new cases of the swine flu in the province, which brings the total number of people infected in Quebec since April to 873.
Six more people have been hospitalized, bringing the total to 124.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says just over five per cent of the people confirmed to have swine flu in this country have been treated in hospital.
The agency estimates one-quarter of those hospitalized had an underlying medical condition.
