Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

More than one a minute for an hour?

Dunno, but I know a continuous c*** when I see one

NHS definition: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

New: means a cough that you've not had before, or if you usually have
a cough, it's got worse. Continuous: means coughing a lot for more
than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours.

It is more of a stratification measure of severity beyond that. If you're coughing properly for an hour- you will not be doing anything else.
The fact that 34% have sputum, and that cough is absent in 32%, and that fever is absent in over half, means that we are likely missing a huge caseload.
(Which is just a problem for statisticians- these people are low risk)

I reckon when it is noticeable by someone else. The odd cough / throat clear is normal.

At the end of a Teams meeting when someone asked who it was with the cough I realised it might be counted as continuous.