An 81-year-old woman has died of A/H1N1 flu in Ontario province, pushing the total of such deaths in Canada to 26, health officials said on Tuesday.

The woman has been in hospital in intensive care for some time. She is the 10th person to die in Ontario province.

Ontario now has 3,154 confirmed cases of H1N1 and 138 people have been hospitalized since the end of April. It is the worst-hit province by the virus in Canada

Nationally, Canada's total of confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases now stands at 7,983, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2009)