Six Egyptian pilgrims have died over the last night while performing the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The corpses have been buried in Saudi Arabia.
The official MENA news agency pointed out that the total number of Egyptian deaths since the start of the pilgrimage had reached 62 on Tuesday night.
Nearly 3 million Muslims continue to perform the annual pilgrimage Friday.
Saudi authorities say that this hajj season witnessed many problems due to the increasing numbers of pilgrims from all over the world comparing to last year season.
