'He must have insider knowledge': TikTok comedian correctly guesses the EXACT amount of new NSW Covid cases - as he reveals his very surprising prediction for today's count
A TikTok star who correctly guesses the exact amount of new coronavirus cases recorded in NSW each day has predicted there will be just 65 on Thursday.
Jon-Bernard Kairouz, a comedian from western Sydney, has been calling the number of new cases each day and accruing a large social media following as a result.
Kairouz, who has over 75,000 followers on TikTok and 11,000 followers on Instagram - made his prediction for Thursday late on Wednesday night.
'Number of new cases in Sydney, Gladdy I've got you again,' he says in the clip.
'If we just carry the one here, here's 28 infectious cases in Sydney, plus the diameter of Fairfield, divided by the population of Sydney. There will be 65 new cases tomorrow - you can follow me when I'm right.'
@jonbernardk Number Of Cases Tomorrow, Thursday 15th of July #fyp #sydneylockdown
♬ original sound - Jon-Bernard Kairouz
Number Of Cases Tomorrow, Thursday 15th of July #fyp #sydneylockdown
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Jon-Bernard Kairouz, a comedian from western Sydney, has been calling the number of new cases each day and accruing a large social media following as a result
Kairouz, who has just under 76,000 followers on TikTok and just over 11,000 followers on Instagram - has made his prediction for Thursday
Kairouz correctly guessed Wednesday's total of 97 before it was officially announced, prompting calls from commenters that he knows someone at NSW Health.
‘He must have insider knowledge,' one person replied to the video.
His latest video, which has been liked more than 20,000 times with nearly 1,000 comments, will be scrutinised at 11am when Premier Gladys Berejiklian has her daily Covid press conference.
His accuracy calling numbers so far has seen people from other states asking for his expertise.
'Can you let us know Melbourne numbers for tomorrow?' one woman asked, to which Kairouz replied 'Dan's a different beast'.
'Never been so excited to find out the number of COVID cases every day,' a woman commented.
'Jumping on Sportsbet now!' another said.
Health workers speak to members of the public at a pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic at the Fairfield Showgrounds in Sydney on Wednesday. Residents were waiting up to eight hours in the queue at the Fairfield Showground drive-through testing clinic on Wednesday morning
There were 97 coronavirus cases recorded overnight in New South Wales as the state's outbreak continues to grow
Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the lockdown will be extended by at least two weeks after the state recorded another 97 Covid cases on Wednesday.
The 97 new cases in Sydney were found from 65,332 tests; a positive rate of 0.15 per cent.
Premier Berejiklian said 24 of those infections were out in the community for at least part of the time they were infected, and 36 mystery cases are still under investigation.
There are 71 Covid patients in hospitals across the state (an increase of six on Tuesday's figure) and 20 in intensive care (down one from Tuesday) and still four on ventilators.
The state's outbreak, which began in Sydney's eastern suburbs on June 16, has reached 864 people with 825 still classified as active cases - an increase of 80 in one day.