Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 7 - Health ministry

MECCA - 25 August 2017: The Health Ministry announced on Friday that the death of an Egyptian pilgrim, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to seven.

A 60-year-old woman, named Madiha el Sorouri from Dakahleya governorate, died of a cardiac arrest in her hotel room, said Head of the Hajj medical mission Ahmed el Ansari. (MENA)

Her body is transported to the hospital in order to issue the death certificate.