[Dependabot]: Update pytest-cov requirement from ~=7.0 to ~=7.1

Updates the requirements on [pytest-cov](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov) to permit the latest version.
- [Changelog](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst)
- [Commits](pytest-dev/pytest-cov@v7.0.0...v7.1.0)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: pytest-cov
  dependency-version: 7.1.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
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Author: dependabot[bot]

tests/unit/requirements.txt

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Coverage ~= 7.13
 
 # Test Runner
 pytest ~= 9.0
-pytest-cov ~= 7.0
+pytest-cov ~= 7.1