The General Directorate of Passports said it deployed field teams across Makkah and the holy sites to identify hospitalized and lost pilgrims. More than 1000 Hajj pilgrims martyred and thousands of hospitalised.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics said on Tuesday that the total number of pilgrims during the 1447 AH Hajj season reached 1,707,301.
The authority said 1,546,655 pilgrims arrived from outside the kingdom through various entry points, while 160,646 pilgrims performed Hajj from inside Saudi Arabia, including citizens and residents.
According to the authority’s statistics, the number of male pilgrims reached 893,396, while the number of female pilgrims stood at 813,905.
The authority added that 1,485,729 pilgrims arrived through air entry points, while 54,429 entered by land and 6,497 arrived by sea.
The teams are working in coordination with the Ministry of Health, while also cooperating with the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah’s Nusuk Care initiative to verify the identities of lost individuals.
Authorities said the teams are equipped with modern mobile technologies allowing officials to verify identities directly on site, with reports handled through the Hajj and Umrah command and control center in Makkah.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Arabian Scouts Association expanded its volunteer and field services to support pilgrim movement to Mina during the Day of Tarwiyah, deploying teams across roads, corridors and camps.
The scouts are providing guidance and humanitarian support, assisting the elderly and people with disabilities, and helping to reunite lost pilgrims with their groups, SPA reported.
More than 350 scouts and their leaders have been stationed across 14 hospitals and healthcare centers to support Ministry of Health teams.
The Saudi Red Crescent Authority also raised operational readiness to full capacity, intensifying emergency medical coverage across Makkah and the holy sites during the stoning ritual and Tawaf Al-Ifadah.
The authority’s emergency response plan includes fixed medical centers, rapid-response units, ambulance motorcycles, and pedestrian teams designed to reach patients quickly in densely crowded areas.
Authorities said ambulances equipped with advanced medical technologies and volunteer teams were operating in coordination with other government agencies serving pilgrims.
Separately, the Ministry of Defense said its medical evacuation department was participating in this year’s Hajj with four fully equipped aircraft dedicated to emergency transport for pilgrims.
The aircraft operate in direct coordination with field hospitals, medical centers and ambulance teams across the holy sites to ensure rapid response and timely treatment for critical cases.
The ministry said the air medical evacuation fleet also continues to conduct patient transfers within and outside the Kingdom as part of the integrated healthcare system supporting Hajj operations.
Saudi Arabia has deployed hundreds of thousands of personnel and volunteers during Hajj 2026 as the Kingdom oversees one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings.
Authorities have expanded infrastructure, crowd-management systems, emergency response capabilities and digital services in recent years to improve pilgrim safety and facilitate movement between Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah during the pilgrimage season.
A total of 30 Bangladeshi pilgrims have died so far after traveling to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year. Among the deceased are 21 men and 9 women.
According to Hajj Office sources, among the latest reported deaths, one pilgrim — 79-year-old Sultana Chowdhury — died of natural causes in Makkah. She was a resident of Begumganj Upazila in Noakhali district.
The other two pilgrims died of natural causes in Madinah. They were identified as Md. Zakir Hossain, 62, from Belkuchi Upazila in Sirajganj district, and Md. Kamal Hossain, 61, from Daulatpur Upazila in Kushtia district.
Meanwhile, according to official bulletin data, a total of 77,432 Bangladeshi pilgrims had arrived in Saudi Arabia as of Friday morning. Of them, 4,464 traveled under the government management scheme, while 72,968 went through private arrangements.
The pilgrims arrived in Jeddah, Makkah, and Madinah on a total of 199 flights.