One dose of Covid-19 vaccine thrown out for every 850 administered, CDC data shows

For every 850 doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered by March 29, one dose had to be thrown out because it was"unused, spoiled, expired, or wasted," according to data CNN obtained from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC records show that 182,874 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were reported as wastage by 35 states, 17 pharmacies and three other federal agencies through March 29. That's less than 1% of the 155 million doses reported administered by that date, and the CDC has stated that some wastage is expected with any vaccine. However, these figures are likely an underestimate of actual Covid-19 vaccine wastage. Read MoreBiden hits 200 million vaccine doses.

According to the CDC, vaccine wastage can be reported through VTrckS or Tiberius, the system that the US Department of Health and Human Services uses to manage vaccine allocations. The CDC provided data to CNN based on vaccine wastage reported through VTrckS, but notes that"Tiberius would have the most updated vaccine wastage information."

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