VANCOUVER—Doses of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to reach close to 60 First Nations in British Columbia by the end of next week. There have been significant increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities in the last two weeks, said Dr. Shannon McDonald, the acting chief medical officer for the First Nations Health Authority. Cases on reserves previously represented a quarter of the more than 2,500 reported cases among indigenous people in B.C., but that’s risen to 40 percent, she said at a news conference on Wednesday. She said 600 infections are active and 32 people have died. The delivery of vaccine is being prioritized based on remoteness and whether a community has experienced a cluster or deaths, she said. B.C. has allocated 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to First Nations for distribution by the end of February and 19 have received doses so far. First Nations in …