Yes, correct. The govt reporting of every figure is less by a factor anywhere from 10-50, or maybe even more as well. The ground reality in India is way worse than what even the media is able to show. And, at present no light in the tunnel. Heart cries at this but it is us at fault only for putting such incompetent people at the helm.

The cases are being under-reported too. The question is whether deaths are being under-reported to a greater degree than cases. Even the test-positivity rates vary from state to state not only because of the extent of infection in different states but also because some states contact-trace and test while others don't. Its a mess. And to see people try to fit models to this data and fight amongst each other is darkly hilarious.

Plus, at least in the first wave in Bangalore (where I grew up), there were no instances of crematoriums melting down and such. So the under-reporting of deaths was likely not as bad in the first wave as it is right now, but the under-reporting of cases was certainly quite large as testing capacity took a while to come online.

India reports 155 deaths per million. Hungary is at 2,874.