An elderly woman in the central Canadian province of Quebec has died of A/H1N1 flu, bringing the nation's total flu death toll to 12, health officials said on Wednesday.

The woman lived just south of Montreal and was aged between 70 and 80.

This is the seventh A/H1N1 flu death in the French-speaking province.

Other deaths occurred in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta.

As of Monday, 4,049 Canadians have been infected with the virus, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

(Xinhua News Agency June 18, 2009)