An elderly Pakistani has died from swine flu in Saudi Arabia where he was participating in the hajj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said.

The 70-year-old man had already been suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes when he was hospitalised with the A(H1N1) virus, the health ministry said yesterday in a statement on the official SPA news agency.

The death was the fifth from swine flu among some 2.3 million pilgrims taking part in the annual hajj in the Muslim holy city of Mecca this week.

Despite early worries,? infections have been low during the pilgrimage, doctors say.

As of Thursday, there had been only 57 proven infections and less than 20 more suspected cases, according to health ministry spokesman Dr Khaled Marghlani.

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