Saudi Arabian Health Minister, Khalid Al-Falih, has said the number of pilgrims that died in Thursday’s stampede in Mina has risen to 769.
Also, Nigerian states have started releasing figures of their dead pilgrims.
Al-Falih said the number of injured had also jumped to 934, with several victims still confined to hospitals.
The minister said, “The latest statistics up to this hour reveal 769 dead. That is an increase of 52 from the previous figures. Those are the victims that died in various hospitals since the event.”
Meanwhile, a Saudi local newspaper, Arab News has reported that Iran has the highest number of dead victims at 136, followed by Morocco with 87.
“The other confirmed deaths, compiled by Agence France Presse, were from Cameroon (20), Niger (19), India (18), Egypt (14), Chad (11), Pakistan (9), Somalia (8), Algeria (7), Senegal (5), Tanzania (4), Indonesia, Kenya and Nigeria, three each and Burkina Faso, Burundi and the Netherlands, one each.
“Five Filipinos were also reported to have died in Makkah, but only one was caused by the stampede.
“Others died of illnesses aggravated by the heat,” officials said.
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