They have less dead because they report less dead.
The US today has reported a total of 7,380,326 cases and 208,787 deaths, a mortality rate of 2.82%. India has 6,757,131 cases and 104,555 deaths, a mortality rate of 1.54%.
The US has a population density of 36 people per square kilometer.
India has a population density of 450 people per square kilometer.
No logic driven human being can sit there with a straight face and say that a country who has a population density is 12.5x of the US and who’s healthcare system ranks in the bottom 25% of all the healthcare systems in the world has less cases of COVID and nearly half the mortality rate as the United States. It’s not possible.