A doctor at San Matteo Hospital in Pavia, Italy, treats coronavirus patients on Thursday, March 26. Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/AP

The Italian Civil Protection Department has received donations totaling more than $68 million (61 million euros) which will be spent on more surgical masks and ventilators, according to Head of Italian Civil Protection Angelo Borelli in a press conference on Saturday.

The donations came from private donors and companies, including the fashion house Armani and the owner of the soccer team Juventus.

Italy's only producer of ventilators will now increase their production, Borelli said during the presser.

Borelli also said 11,636 people have volunteered to help the Italian Civil Protection with the coronavirus crisis, and the government received more than 7,714 responses from former nurses who intend to return to medical practice.