Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims hits 15

CAIRO - 15 August 2018: The Health Ministry announced on Wednesday the death of a 75-year-old Egyptian pilgrim, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to 15 so far.

The deceased woman, identified as Atiyat Mohamed Saeed Ahmed, from New Valley governorate, Upper Egypt, died as a result of a sharp drop in blood circulation, the ministry's spokesman, Khaled Megahed, said in a statement.

The Egyptian medical mission's emergency room is coordinating with authorities concerned to issue a death certificate for her.