 had stated 577 people died on the two busiest days of the Hajj alone, Saturday, when pilgrims prayed in the sun on Mount Arafat, and Sunday, during the stoning of the devil ritual in Mina. The number is a problem because it's the exact number of people reported dead at one point. Saudi officials stated that all of them, the Egyptians, died because of the heat, except the one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crash.