Hajj Pilgrimage Deaths 2024. The official death toll from this year’s hajj pilgrimage has soared to almost 500 and the true toll could be more than double that as reports emerged that as many as. During the annual hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia, one of the most important events on the muslim calendar, at least 450 people died under a scorching.
There were not enough medics or basic facilities to protect hajj pilgrims from the effects of the sweltering heat in saudi arabia last week, two pilgrims recently. This year about 1.8 million pilgrims arrived in mecca and walked long distances amid a.