Death toll of Egyptian pilgrims rises to 15- Health ministry

MECCA - 31 August 2017: The Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Thursday the death of a pilgrim from Dakahlia governorate, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to 15.

An 62-year-old woman died from cardiac arrest at Arafa Hospital in Mecca, said Head of the Hajj medical mission Ahmed el Ansari.

The medical mission's emergency room is coordinating with the concerned authorities to issue her death certificate, Ansari added