Hajj 2024 Deaths. The total toll currently stands at around 550, nearly double the number of deaths reported at last year's pilgrimage. 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.
Last year more than 200 pilgrims were. Muslim pilgrims gather on mount arafat, or the mount of mercy, during the annual hajj pilgrimage outside the holy city of mecca, saudi arabia, on june 15, 2024.