Hajj 2024 Deaths. Temperatures reached at least 51.8c. Hundreds of visitors have died during the annual muslim pilgrimage to makkah amid scorching heat, according to press reports and foreign ministries.
The new deaths bring the total reported so far by multiple countries to 577, according to an afp tally. More than 1,000 people died during this yearโs hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at islamic holy sites in the desert.