[MRG + 1] MAINT tweak codecov settings (#9001)

.codecov.yml

 comment: off
+
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        # Commits pushed to master should not make the overall
+        # project coverage decrease by more than 1%:
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 1%
+    patch:
+      default:
+        # Be tolerant on slight code coverage diff on PRs to limit
+        # noisy red coverage status on github PRs.
+        # Note The coverage stats are still uploaded
+        # to codecov so that PR reviewers can see uncovered lines
+        # in the github diff if they install the codecov browser
+        # extension:
+        # https://github.com/codecov/browser-extension
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 1%
+