The Health Ministry announced on Thursday that the death of an Egyptian pilgrim, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to six.

An 82-year-old woman, named Galila Hassanein from Giza governorate, died of a cardiac arrest in her hotel room, said Head of the Hajj medical mission Ahmed el Ansari.

The emergency room is coordinating with the bodies concerned to issue the death certificate for her, Ansari added.