The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims has climbed to 33, Assistant Health Minister Ali Hegazy was quoted by Youm7 on Wednesday.
All the cases died of natural causes, including heat exhaustion, high blood pressure and hypertension, he said, adding that their ages ranged from 57 to 86.
Some Egyptian pilgrims start to leave Mina for Mecca on Wednesday morning after having finished the stoning of the Devil rituals.
Egyptair announced an airlift to ferry pilgrims back will start on Saturday.
