ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on former doctors and nurses to dust off their scrubs and rejoin the health care system, even offering to expedite their re-certification as the state scrambles to beef up its hospital capabilities amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“We’re working with the hospitals across the state to develop what’s called a ‘surge capacity,’ ” Cuomo announced in Albany Thursday.

“Making sure you have enough staff and reserve staff is just as important as making sure you have enough facilities.”

“So we’re asking former doctors and nurses: contact your previous employer. Department of Health will accelerate your re-certification on an emergency basis, so if we need you, we’ll have a reserve workforce,” he said.

Confirmed cases statewide are now 328 — a 112-case spike from Wednesday.

The state is also contacting medical schools to recruit potential workers “if we wind up in a staffing shortage.”

“We might cancel, at one, point elective surgeries. Elective surgeries are about 25 to 35 percent of hospital beds,” said Cuomo, adding that no final determination has been made yet.

Officials are also coordinating hospitals upstate with those downstate, where presently the majority of the cases are, should current facilities become overwhelmed as officials expect the number of infected people to rise.

Nursing home and senior assisted-living facility protocols are also changing.

Cuomo unveiled a “no visitor” policy, with the exception of family members visiting seriously ill or dying patients.

Staff will be required to wear masks and monitored for virus symptoms.

All non-medical personnel that need to enter facilities — like plumbers, electricians — will have to wear “protective garb.”

Meanwhile, the state is trying to boost its ability to test individuals who think they may be infected, limiting the number of tests given to “priority” patients, or those who meet certain requirements tied to symptoms, specific social contact with infected persons or travel plans.

A total 2,314 patients have been tested in the state thus far, according to DOH.