Germany has a pretty low death count, especially for being the most populous EU country.

Yes, and adjusted for population the US is doing only slightly worse

Exactly, people can argue endlessly about who has the most cases and what it means, but at the end of the day it’s the deaths per capita that matters. And the US is very low in that regard.

For now though, the end result will be determined by how ICU capacity is managed.

It's probably not even true at an absolute level. China likely had over a million cases.