Hajj 2024 Deaths. 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 600 egyptian. At least 1,300 people died during the annual hajj pilgrimage in mecca this year.
Over 1,300 muslim pilgrims reportedly died during the annual hajj, or pilgrimage to mecca, this month in saudi arabia, where temperatures have soared beyond 50 degrees celsius (122 degrees. According to data released by the state emergency operation centre here, a total of 246 deaths have occurred so far during the chardham yatra this year out of which 65 died in.